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Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6577 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

ofspringoffspring

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it
408 times in 162 works
Consistency
94.4% (408 of 432)
Reach if approved
~454 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: offspring
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
432 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (408 changes in 162 works, 94.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 408)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … or it may be considered two waies: first, as it is the fountaine or ofspringoffspring of all other sinnes; or secondly, as it is a fruite of the corruption …
    With rule
    … or it may be considered two waies: first, as it is the fountaine or ofspringoffspring of all other sinnes; or secondly, as it is a fruite of the corruption …

    William Perkins · Exposition of Jude · p. 121 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … minded in certaine pointes then were the olde Iewish Pharises, whose sect in his ofspringoffspring of Iesuits hee hath renued, did forbidde Terence to bee reade in schooles (vnlesse …
    With rule
    … minded in certaine pointes then were the olde Iewish Pharises, whose sect in his ofspringoffspring of Iesuits hee hath renued, did forbidde Terence to bee reade in schooles (vnlesse …

    John Rainolds · The Overthrow of Stage Plays · p. 121 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … persons? because they are contrary to covenants, besides many other inconveniences, the confusion of ofspringoffspring, and the like: but this is one grand difference, to make the exageration of …
    With rule
    … persons? because they are contrary to covenants, besides many other inconveniences, the confusion of ofspringoffspring, and the like: but this is one grand difference, to make the exageration of …

    Richard Sibbes · Beams of Divine Light · p. 103 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    5 That Theophilus, a moſt excellent man for place and ofspringoffspring, gaue his minde vnto catechiſing, and that he ſpared ſo much time from his …
    With rule
    5 That Theophilus, a moſt excellent man for place and ofspringoffspring, gaue his minde vnto catechiſing, and that he ſpared ſo much time from his …

    George Estey · Expositions Upon Divers Parts of Scripture · p. 82 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … Hittites, Amorites, Perizites, Hiuites, Iebusites, and such like seruile persons comming from a base ofspringoffspring were counted vnworthy hereof. In Israel Israelites, Children of the euer renowned Patriarchs, Abraham …
    With rule
    … Hittites, Amorites, Perizites, Hiuites, Iebusites, and such like seruile persons comming from a base ofspringoffspring were counted vnworthy hereof. In Israel Israelites, Children of the euer renowned Patriarchs, Abraham …

    William Gouge · The Dignity of Chivalry · p. 10 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … the ofspringoffspring of Abraham, father vnto all them which doe beleeue, but Christ their ofspringoffspring, which is God to be blessed for evermore.
    With rule
    … the ofspringoffspring of Abraham, father vnto all them which doe beleeue, but Christ their ofspringoffspring, which is God to be blessed for evermore.

    Richard Hooker · Two Sermons Upon Jude · p. 44 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … in the faith: eſpecially when they bragge (as theſe did) that they are the ofſpringoffspring of the Patriarks, the miniſters of Chriſt, the Apoſtles ſcollers &c. Euen ſo the …
    With rule
    … in the faith: eſpecially when they bragge (as theſe did) that they are the ofſpringoffspring of the Patriarks, the miniſters of Chriſt, the Apoſtles ſcollers &c. Euen ſo the …

    Martin Luther · Commentary on Galatians · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … their predecessors, and the children of them more skilfull than their fathers, and the ofspringoffspring of those children more skilfull than those children themselues, and so forthon, because they …
    With rule
    … their predecessors, and the children of them more skilfull than their fathers, and the ofspringoffspring of those children more skilfull than those children themselues, and so forthon, because they …

    Philippe de Mornay · Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion · p. 280 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (24)

5 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 19 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Paradise Lost A50919

  • Printed
    OfspringOffspring of Heav'n and Earth, and all Earths Lord,
    With rule
    OfspringOffspring of Heav'n and Earth, and all Earths Lord,

    John Milton · Paradise Lost · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Met who to meet him came, his OfspringOffspring dear.
    With rule
    Met who to meet him came, his OfspringOffspring dear.

    John Milton · Paradise Lost · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    …o thee and to thy OfspringOffspring; good with bad
    With rule
    …o thee and to thy OfspringOffspring; good with bad

    John Milton · Paradise Lost · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    The end of all thy OfspringOffspring, end so sad,
    With rule
    The end of all thy OfspringOffspring, end so sad,

    John Milton · Paradise Lost · Open in the reader

The Doctrine of the Saints Perseverance A53688

  • Printed
    … his Sonne Jesus Christ, (some wherof we shall mention afterwards) concerning his Seed, and OfspringOffspring, or those that he committed to his charge, to be Redeemed from their sinnes …
    With rule
    … his Sonne Jesus Christ, (some wherof we shall mention afterwards) concerning his Seed, and OfspringOffspring, or those that he committed to his charge, to be Redeemed from their sinnes …

    John Owen · The Doctrine of the Saints Perseverance · p. 164 · Open in the reader